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Love Story (Music - Erich Segal)Seven discs and one decade into his career, Scottish songwriter Lloyd Cole has changed from horny cad into corny dad. And now that he's replaced irony...Love Story (Music - Erich Segal)Seven discs and one decade into his career, Scottish songwriter Lloyd Cole has changed from horny cad into corny dad. And now that he's replaced irony...1995-11-10

Seven discs and one decade into his career, Scottish songwriter Lloyd Cole has changed from horny cad into corny dad. And now that he’s replaced irony with straightforwardness, his string arrangements and acoustic melodies have room to breathe. The unabashedly mellow result is Love Story, his best effort since ‘84’s Rattlesnakes. B+